Sean O’Malley backs himself for title shot in ‘early 2023’ after ‘two extra finishes’ as thrilling bantamweight prospect eyes Marlon Vera rematch after Pedro Munhoz conflict at UFC 276
- Sean O’Malley has lengthy been thought of one of many prime bantamweight prospects
- He’s set to tackle Pedro Munhoz at UFC 276 in what needs to be stern take a look at
- ‘Two extra finishes — early 2023, I’m preventing for the belt’, O’Malley mentioned
Sean O’Malley believes he’s two spectacular wins from preventing for the UFC bantamweight title.
The rising star is tipped by many as a prime prospect within the division and his entertaining fashion has captured the eye of followers.
‘Suga’ is because of face Pedro Munhoz in one among his most excessive profile match-ups thus far at UFC 276 in July and believes victory would elevate him into the highest 10.
Sean O’Malley is backing himself for a title shot early subsequent 12 months with two extra finishes
‘Two extra finishes — early 2023, I’m preventing for the belt, whoever has it,’ he mentioned on the MMA Hour.
‘I feel after this combat, I’m going on the market, I’ve acquired to complete Pedro — and I’m going on the market, let’s say I end Pedro, I get a top-5 man, whoever that’s.
‘Relying on if ‘Chito’ will get a combat booked, I do know that’s a combat that I need.’
O’Malley’s solely skilled defeat got here in opposition to the Ecuadorian fighter having suffered a foot damage.
O’Malley is well-liked amongst followers and tipped as probably the greatest prospects within the division
The 27-year-old is a superb striker and has completed 5 of his eight fights within the UFC
The 27-year-old added: ‘I don’t know if he’s going to get a combat booked. I’m assuming. He appeared like he desires to combat once more. If he goes on the market and wins, that might be one other combat, perhaps December time-frame.
‘We’ll see. I used to be sort of hoping Rob [Font] would win that combat, as a result of I needed to combat Rob, however he didn’t clearly. So yeah, I feel Pedro, relying on if ‘Chito’ goes on the market and beats somebody within the prime 5, he most likely can get a title shot.
‘If he doesn’t find yourself getting a combat, I want to end Pedro and get that combat, and we’ll see.’
Marlon Vera is the one man to have crushed O’Malley to this point in his skilled MMA profession
Vera has received his final three and is constructing the sort of momentum O’Malley desires to match to raise curiosity in a possible rematch.
‘That is sort of what I anticipated. Not anticipated — I didn’t know if he was going to have the ability to go and win these fights,’ he went on.
‘However that is what I used to be imagining if we did get a rematch, that we had been each going to maintain successful and successful and successful after which get there.’
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